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When I first posted my comments on chlorine bleach destroying
viruses and pot debris, my intention was to share with OGDers my expertise on
the inexorable effects of chlorine bleach on all forms of protoplasm as we know
it on earth. Theoretically it might not apply to life forms not based on
protein and/or nucleic acid, but I don't know of any such. Does Viateur
perhaps? Since viruses are invisible I sought to share my technical expertise
with ODGers about what they cannot see and sought to extend it to the practical
problem of cleaning and parenthetically disinfecting used orchid pots. I
acceded to Viateur's sophistic demand for references by a simple set of
directions about how to quickly obtain over 500 Google pages of references,
which any other OGDer can verify for themselves. Such is the nature of
computer programs that the same 500+ pages come up every time the search is
conducted for "virus + hypochlorite." Try it! I now invite all OGDers,
including Nancy, to test my advice by treating old dirty pots with chlorine
bleach and see for themselves whether all organic matter, including spider webs
and moss, do or do not vanish. The singular exception is clinging
roots which are reduced to easily hosed out gelified tubules. After
all, experimentation is the Scientific Method. I am reminded of the
old Grocho Marx quip, "What do you believe? What I just told you or your
own eyes?" Incidentally I have three outside cats, and during the past 20 years
neither they, nor their predecessors, have ever lifted the cover of my bleach
bath to perform self immolation.
As for Viateur's repeated sophomoric
insistences on requiring statements of easily verifiable fact to be previously
published before being believed and then insisting that any given statement has
not met his criteria, when one submits a post to the OGD, it is presented to the
public in a publicly accessible manner. Is there some higher criterion for
"publishing"? My perspective on the definition of "publishing" is based on
my track record of having published 110+ scientific articles during my career
and having been responsible for refereeing manuscripts while
serving boards of two prestigious scientific journals. What are
Viateur's credentials for invoking higher criteria? Viateur, please share
them with us. Bert
Pressman
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